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Note 37 — VII THE KNEELING SCRIBE Vth DYNASTY (Boulaq Museum)

Elizabeth Lee translation

Mariette, “Notice des principaux monuments du Musée de Boulaq,” 6th edition, 1876, p. 235, No. 769: “Memphis. Saqqarah—limestone II, 1 foot 2 inches—kneeling figure. His hands crossed on his legs. His eyes are of mosaic work and formed of several stones curiously combined.” The statue of the kneeling scribe figures in a group in Plate XX of Mariette’s work, “Album du Musée de Boulaq,” containing 40 plates, photographed by MM. Délié and Béchard, with explanatory text edited by Auguste Mariette-Bey. Cairo, Mourès et Cie, 1871, fol.

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